<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hi everybody , <br>While teaching today to my graduate students :<br>the national vs official language dichotomy, I was faced with some incoherence in the definition :<br>For example : national language is being defined as the language used by the majority of people of the speech community , to reflect the unity of its speakers and is used for correspondence .<br>However , many national languages are just used by minority people !<br>So, is it possible to call SOME national languages regional or local languages since they can be used by their group of people who use them in a particular area/region like tamazight in Algeria and other national langauges in India ?<br><br><br>Your reactions are the welcome!<br><br>Dr Mostari <br><br><br>--- On <b>Sat, 11/3/12, linguist@linguistlist.org <i><linguist@linguistlist.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote
style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: linguist@linguistlist.org <linguist@linguistlist.org><br>Subject: [lg policy] Linguist List Issue: 9th International Symposium on Bilingualism<br>To: lgpolicy-list@groups.sas.upenn.edu<br>Date: Saturday, November 3, 2012, 2:46 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">hfs thought you might be interested in this item from the LINGUIST List<br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>hfs says ...<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> <br>Message1: 9th International Symposium on Bilingualism<br>Date:02-Nov-2012<br>From:Ann-Marie Chua <a ymailto="mailto:isb9@ntu.edu.sg" href="/mc/compose?to=isb9@ntu.edu.sg">isb9@ntu.edu.sg</a><br>LINGUIST List issue <a href="http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-4585.html"
target="_blank">http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-4585.html</a> <br><br><br>Full Title: 9th International Symposium on Bilingualism <br>Short Title: ISB9 <br><br>Date: 10-Jun-2013 - 13-Jun-2013<br>Location: Singapore, Singapore <br>Contact Person: Jaslyn Tan<br>Meeting Email: <a ymailto="mailto:ISB9@ntu.edu.sg" href="/mc/compose?to=ISB9@ntu.edu.sg">ISB9@ntu.edu.sg</a><br>Web Site: <a href="http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/ISB9/Main.html" target="_blank">http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/ISB9/Main.html</a> <br><br>Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discipline of Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics; Translation <br><br>Call Deadline: 16-Nov-2012 <br><br>Meeting Description:<br><br>The 9th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB9) will be hosted for the first time in Singapore, a country that sits at the doorstep of the most linguistically diversified region in the world. The theme of the conference 'Multilingualism'
captures the diversity in this region. <br><br>Keynote Speakers:<br><br>Nick Evans (Australian National University)<br>Ofelia Garcia (City University of New York)<br>Monika S. Schmid (University of Groningen)<br>Lionel Wee (National University of Singapore)<br><br>Invited Colloquia:<br><br>Scholars interested in submitting abstracts for the invited colloquia should contact the respective chairs as early as possible.<br><br>'Multilingualism in the Chinese Diasporas'<br>Chaired by Li Wei, University of London, Birkbeck College<br><br>'Multilingual Education and Globalization in the Asian Context'<br>Chaired by Joe Lo Bianco, The University of Melbourne<br><br>'Neurolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Advances in Bilingualism and Multilingualism Research'<br>Chaired by Viorica Marian, Northwestern University, USA<br><br>Organised by: Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological
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